Improved tool for making horseshoes



T. e. THOMPSON Tool for Making H0rsesh0es. No. 59,479. Patented Nov. 6, 1866.

THOMAS G. THOMPSON, OF OSWEGO, NEW YORK.

IMPROVED TOOL FOR MAKING HORSESHOES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 59,479. dated November 6, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THoMAs G. THoMPsoN spring; 11, screw fastening the spring to the of the city of Oswego,in the county of ()swego, K and State of New York, have invented a new and useful machine for holding horseshoes to their place against a blacksiniths anvil while sharpening the calks thereof; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and

block.

The lever5 is on the side ofsthe anvil where the workman stands, fronting the forge, and the spring 1 is on the opposite or back side of the anvil. The shoe is placed againstthe back side of the anvil, the calk to be sharpened resting on the top of the anvil, in front of the exact description of the construction and opi eration of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view, and Fig. 2 a longitudinal elevation.

No. 1 represents a steel spring; 2, a chain for pressing the shoe against the anvil 5 4, anvil; 5, lever worked with the foot 5 6, slide for the lever to work in; 7, bolt or fulcrum which fastens the end of the lever to the block 5 8, end of the lever for the foot of the workman, by pressing on which the point 3 is brought and held against the shoe at the anvil; 9, wooden block on which the anvil rests; 10, point at which the chain is attached to the steel point 3. The workman then places his foot on the end of the lever 8 and bears part of his weight upon it, when the point 3 is brought up against the shoe and holds it in its place while the calk is being sharpened. The chain 2 passes through the wooden block along 5 a hole large enough to allow the chain to move connecting the spring and lever; 3, steel point I freely back and forth.

I claim-- I The combination of the spring-holder, chain, and foot'lever with the anvil-block and anvil, all constructed and arranged as and for the purpose described.

THOMAS G. THOMPSON. Witnesses:

L. E. GOULDING, HENRY L. DAvIs. 

